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ATHENA II
PC/104 Single Board Computer
500-800MHz VIA Mark CPU and Integrated Autocalibrating Data Acquisition
Low power, Pentium III class, expandable SBC
2-in-1 design (CPU + DAQ) reduces size
and cost, increases ruggedness and reliability
VIA Mark processor running at 800/500MHz
256MB memory soldered on-board
Support for:
- four USB 1.1 ports
- two RS-232, two RS-232/485 ports
- 10/100Mbps Ethernet
- IDE port for hard drive or solid state flashdisk
- VGA CRT or LVDS LCD display

Highly Integrated SBC
Athena II combines all of the functionality of a single
board computer with a complete analog and digital data
acquisition circuit into a single board, offering the most
functionality available in a small, compact form factor.

Optional data acquisition circuitry featuring:
- multiplexed 16 channel 16-bit A/D with autocalibration
- four 12-bit D/A channels
- 24 digital I/O lines
- two counter/timers
Extremely rugged with soldered RAM and -40°C to +85°C
(-40°F to +185°F) operating temperature

Price/Performance Advantage

VIA Mark
CoreFusion
Processor
500/800MHz

The VIA Mark CPU running at either 500 or 800MHz offers
an excellent balance of performance, power consumption
and price, making Athena II an ideal choice for a wide
variety of embedded computing applications.

Integrated
Savage4 3D
Video &
Graphics

Rugged Design
Athena II was designed with rugged applications in mind.
From an operating temperature of -40°C to +85°C, to its
soldered SDRAM, Athena II thrives in the most extreme
environments.

Fully Integrated Systems
Athena II is available as a complete system with your
choice of operating system in a specially designed
enclosure that eliminates all cable and provides a rugged,
compact, wide-temperature box PC ready for application
download and deployment.
Octavio-ATHM
Embedded Application Server

PCI
33MHz

VIA
VT82C686
South Bridge

Block Diagram
256MB
DDR
SDRAM
XVGA
LCD/LVDS
VIA VT1612
Audio
CODEC
COM1, COM2

AC’97 Audio In, Out, Mic
UDMA33/IDE
4 X USB 1.1
2 X RS-232
PS/2 Keyboard/ Mouse
2 x RS-232/485

512KB
Flash
Memory

16L544
UART

(COM3 & 4)

BIOS
Data
Acquisition
Circuitry
DP83815
Ethernet
Mac/PHY

16-bit PC/104 ISA Bus
16 x Analog Inputs
4 x Analog Outputs
24 x Digital I/O
2x Counter/Timers
1 x Watchdog Timer
10/100Mbps Ethernet

Magnetics

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